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BEVERLY HILLS COURIER | MAY 31, 2013 Page 5
Health and Safety Commission Backs ‘Civil City’ Initiative By Matt Lopez The Beverly Hills Human Relations Commission would like to see Beverly Hills become a much more civil place and found support in that venture from the Health & Safety Commission. Human Relations Commis-
BV SOCCER CHAMPS–The results are in from BHUSD’s inaugural middle school athletics program, where more than 200 middle school students took part in the first season. “The reaction of students, parents and coaches has been extremely positive,” Horace Mann Principal Steve Kessler told The Courier. The Beverly Vista soccer team triumphed at BHUSD’s middle school athletic program. In addition, BV was victorious in varsity basketball, football and soccer. El Rodeo took top honors in volleyball. Pictured is the BV middle school boys soccer team. Top (from left): Lucas Thau, Blake Sloane, Keith Stone, Finn Sklarew, Javier Piñanes, Tommy Kendall, Kamer Turac, Jerrick Kim, Alborz Hosseini, Jake Kim, and Coach Díaz. Bottom (from left): Bardia Kaseb, Shawn Keshmir, Jonah Okum, Nick Chavarro, Anthony Son, and Sang Bum Lee.
GIANT CHECKS– The Beverly Hills Education Foundation presented year-end checks at this week’s board meeting. Pictured above (from left): Annette Zeller, associate director of catering at The Beverly Hilton; Michael Bradford, general manager of Audi Beverly Hills; Cole Plante, BHHS student; Board of Education President Jake Manaster; BHEF President Annette Saleh; BHEF CFO Larry Sternshein; Ellen Prager, marketing supervisor; Eliberto Gamino, store manager of Whole Foods Market Beverly Hills; and BHUSD Superintendent Gary Woods. Courier Photo by Laura Coleman
Beverly Hills Education Foundation Presents $578,000 Check To Beverly Hills Unified By Laura Coleman The Beverly Hills Education Foundation presented the Board of Education with a
$578,000 check this week – bringing its total contribution to the district to over $1 million for the 2012/13 school year.
“We cannot stress the ongoing need for school families and the community at large to (see ‘BHEF’ page 10)
GIRL SCOUTS–Beverly Hills Girl Scout Troop 445 met with Managers Scott Bean and Kevin Netzle (back row, from left) from the Beverly Drive North Face store at its annual campout in Malibu Creek State Park. Troop 445 were the top cookie sellers in the Hollywood/Beverly Hills area this past cookie season with nine girls selling more than 7,000 boxes. Pictured (from left): Elise Knebel, Emily Greenstein, Audrey Marcus, Lucy Rosen, Esther Goldberg and Talia Estiaghpour.
Beverly Hills School District Finance Committee Recommends Expeditious Bond Issuance By Laura Coleman The Beverly Hills Unified School District Finance Committee recommended that the Board of Education adopt the most expeditious bond financing plan possible to finance essential building upgrades at
Beverly Hills schools following a presentation by Keygent Advisors at its meeting this week. “School construction costs are going to rise in the future,” Finance Committee Chair Mel Spitz said. “There’s a long-delayed and pent-up demand for
school construction in this area and it’s anticipated that costs could rise anywhere from 25 to 35 percent in the very near future, so it behooves the district to move as quickly as possible on essential upgrades.” (see ‘FINANCE’ page 10)
Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival Kicks Off in Beverly Hills Tomorrow With Rom-Com “Putzel” By Laura Coleman The Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival kicks off its eighth season tomorrow night at the Writer’s Guild Theater in Beverly Hills with Putzel, directed
by Jason Chaet. “It’s really offering a piece of Jewish culture to the Los Angeles community,” Executive Director Hilary Helstein told The Courier about the festival
she founded eight years ago. “This year’s goal was really to focus on showing films that were really different.” Touted as a Jewish roman(see ‘FILM FEST’ page 10)
sion chair Ilona Sherman and commissioner Barbara Linder went before the Health & Safety Commission at its meeting last Tuesday to discuss its new “Civil City” initiative. The Courier reported about the Civil City plan in its (see ‘CIVIL’ page 10)
SWEET STORY–Debbie Robbins of Sherman Oaks saw Sweet Pea in The Courier’s Rescue Dog of the Week column when she came into work in Beverly Hills last Friday. It was summer love at first sight. She immediately contacted ShelterHopePetShop.org and welcomed Sweet Pea into her home that very day. Another happy ending courtesy of you – The Courier’s readers.